Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-11-24

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q. efk0Ea Whan ehe Hf4ksnnents rnaei.
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pEo1Ans back latter thaf ne aaseesor
rs ~a9ag "a, ara olhaf Ike ana
some m1re foxaibIe exprez1iona. klona
sita 81cn lest4xa wua s1ssennsnt az ths
HFoEtEaT owned b TIE TAI pnvar. Thna
ne tabTfinfkical inqznieaEnesa az TIE
man who Won q ngxtsfn kind a. andy
.ne fams b serving e. "a ASSESSOR Tor
hi14 conukY, be9an 20 anfoIA fteeif 10
lne C01ntF IraasuRGx as Be aIrueaInf e
n 1p tax roll whssh. 90 Tar n infFlii
9lo1lIly y eOneezned, can e safslv
lkan&4 10 ansnlVed ERgutfan hlnrnnlg-
phic2 1he GoeufY fruasursr = a
innocsnt sufferer, for Be had nothing =
% With the eunstEusflan II iris rn
maEkabla Tax roll. Ordinarily he ~
roll is The only book needsd 81 ~
Treasures, e. Il b suppossd 60 ehaw Al
tue sGseasihie properly d tha counts.
sko oWn Il and tie amount ana digtFi-
button o. the taxes.
Il b "a exoeption 20 ind snr a. ne
entries coRFeoi,n naid Treasurer Pom
tics yezterday. ave prne1f .aIIV hapa
"A sa.snrln1~r.9 -. 49, 1.-fs ~ ~ -.
instance 10 ind IN entry exRstiy riQhk.
Ia addition 30 the lax roll foE faS7. -
keep IN Tie olltoe for references TIE eh-
siraot books, tbs tax roll for 1886. TIE
detailed iiste (whieh are very fmper-
fectl ard the county plat b1oka. We
md property owned by two or more
persons asseEaDd 20 enc dnly. or. urou-
eFfy owned BY one person assessed 30
tBo OF more persons OF the came prop
lerty assessed 10 fwo OF more different
peIsons, or asles9ed 70 people Who do
not aad never did ewn il. Thsss are
ordinary instances. Apparentiy when
the assessor had exhausted all sash
variations be fell 70 assessing 10 dead
peeple propegty they nsvef owned. EeE-
eral such instances have been &iseoT
cred. By referring 70 ell tie books
have named and making Diagrams, We
are able 20 determine the property
taxed Then We haTe 20 correct tue tax
roll. kEsq1snily she correcfion Is very
annoying a. when property owned By
two OF more persons Il assessed 10 emily
one. lt renders Il necessary 60 cerEael
the distribution Of the taxsa. The
SWORN statements seat IN By the prop.
eFty owners 10 the assess1E. which TIE
lRW requires aho0ld BE- bound into 3
book and preserved for reference, we're
destroyed. and We have not such
convenient and substantial ref
ereBcs 81 hand. Many large tax
payers have made out dupIiease
statements. There h large number OF
impr Jvemenls net assessed &C all, aud
% Say that there are one thensand lots
10 tue city Of Seattle not esaeased aud
entered on the tax roll would be . res
asnable estimate. We have discovered
a good many instances OF this kind ana
have entered them. Aside from the dir.
icalty and annoyance connected with
ihe eaFFeetiou # the roll, IL q further
speFoaohine didic1Ity. Many people
post 0ne paying their taxes until ths
last minute almost. As 10 requires con-
Siderable time TO de1exmine Just hew
much taxes are due from q tax payer, Il
will probably be impossible 10 keep q
great deal Of property from going 20 the
delinquent tax list. mean BY this thai
the 2eOple who put Oh until she last
minute will be unable te psy their taxes
because Of the bunRled condition Of the
roll, and from force Of circumstances
the date when their taxes will BE- deitn-
quent viii have arrived. The only way
70 avoid this 10 for the people 20 pay
promptly"